The Investigative Committee of Armenia is carrying out actions, within the framework of the criminal case being investigated under the Criminal Code article on "causing to commit suicide," to find out the circumstances of the death of Private Albert Siroyan, a conscript.
According to preliminary data, at around 9:10pm on Wednesday, Siroyan sustained a fatal gunshot wound in the combat position of his military unit—and from a shot fired to his chin by a rifle registered to him, the Investigative Committee informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
An investigation is underway.
To note, the punishment under the aforesaid article is imprisonment for a term of six to nine years.
Thursday morning, the Ministry of Defense announced that at around 9:10pm on Wednesday, Private Albert Siroyan (born in 2002), a conscript of a military unit of Armenia, was found dead—with a gunshot wound to the jaw—in a combat position located in the southeastern direction of the country.